Militants Kill 4 in Attack on Police Station in NW Pakistan

According to officials, suspected militants stormed a police station in Pakistan's dangerous northwest on Sunday, killing four police officers and gravely injuring another four.

According to Nawaz Khan, an officer at the targeted police station, the suspects attacked the station in the Lakki Marwat district with grenades and automatic firearms before escaping the scene overnight.

Before help could arrive, the attackers apparently ran away after running out of ammunition, according to Khan, who claimed that the on-duty police reacted and called for reinforcements. The attackers were wanted by the police.

Late last month, a police officer and three family members who were in a nearby automobile were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself close to a truck carrying police officers on their way to safeguard polio workers near Quetta, in southwest Pakistan. 23 additional people were hurt in the bombing, largely police.

Bordering Afghanistan, where Taliban dominance last year strengthened Pakistani Taliban, are the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest and southwestern Baluchistan, respectively.

Six police officers were killed last month when extremists ambushed a routine police patrol in the Dadewala neighbourhood of the Lakki Marwat district. The Dadewala ambush was blamed on the Pakistani Taliban. Although the insurgent group is independent from the Afghan Taliban, they are allies.

Late last month, a police officer and three family members who were in a nearby automobile were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself close to a truck carrying police officers on their way to safeguard polio workers near Quetta, in southwest Pakistan. 23 additional people were hurt in the bombing, largely police.

Bordering Afghanistan, where Taliban dominance last year strengthened Pakistani Taliban, are the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the northwest and southwestern Baluchistan, respectively.